Representatives of the Latvian Fire and Rescue Service and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus will meet in Novopolotsk

A meeting between Belarusian and Latvian rescuers will take place on December 4-6 in Novopolotsk. This will be the seventh meeting of the working group on cooperation in the field of disaster prevention, natural disasters, other emergencies, as well as the mitigation of their consequences.

Delegates from the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus, as well as representatives of the Vitebsk Regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will discuss the results of the planned cooperation program for the past reporting year.

Participants will also exchange experience in the organization and functioning of the diving and rescue service of the rescue departments, and Latvian colleagues will share their developments in mitigating the consequences of spring floods and ice jams. Within the framework of the meeting, it is planned to discuss the prospects for interaction between the medical services of the two states.

Ekaterina Knyazeva, "Vitebskiye Vesti"